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Nice deck
March 21, 2018 at
03:58 PM
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Ok now that I got that out of the way...
Composite vs wood decks discuss.
The builder who made this little neighborhood of home has added decks to most and I can pay to have one added to mine but they are plain wood.. looks like just pine, I will assume treated wood but it's pretty basic. And their quote sounds pricey to me...
I will wait until I move in and shop around for someone to add a deck. I'll have to get stupid HOA approval but think I can get better than what I see on the other homes by doing my own deck shopping.
I am thinking about a composite deck (trex or maybe not)...but have read some bad reviews in that the cold weather makes them contract and break free of the "hidden" bolt things and then it's all warped and unusable.
Does anyone have experience with trex or any other composite decking in cold climates?
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I also live in the South, so I'm not worried about cold stuff, mostly. Sometimes, but not like 30 months out of the year like Michigan.
Just sayin'.
truckbus ran me over blah.Sort of how I was happily married for 12 of the 17 years...
The districts really started doing the big bonuses for admins around then which cut into budget and they started nickel and diming the support staff... making people cranky, then miserable.. then when they cut our wages by 15-25% if became intolerable.
I used to love driving even in bad weather and enjoyed the kids 99.9% of the time.
Sort of how I was happily married for 12 of the 17 years...
The districts really started doing the big bonuses for admins around then which cut into budget and they started nickel and diming the support staff... making people cranky, then miserable.. then when they cut our wages by 15-25% if became intolerable.
I used to love driving even in bad weather and enjoyed the kids 99.9% of the time.
Greed is such a buzz kill.